Movies
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Cosmic adventures return this fall to MCC planetariumSep 22, 2025 12:29 pm - McHenry County College in Crystal Lake will present a series of shows at its planetarium on the Crystal Lake campus, kicking off Friday, Sept. 26.
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A suburban comedy of errors unspools in the darkly excellent ‘Adulthood’
Sep 22, 2025 11:49 am - Early on in “Adulthood,” siblings Meg and Noah Robles suddenly — and unhappily — learn why they never got to have a dog growing up. It’s because there was a body walled up in the basement. “How could our parents act like nothing ever happened?” Noah asks.
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Christopher Nolan to lead Directors Guild of America
Sep 22, 2025 7:23 am - Christopher Nolan has been elected to lead the Directors Guild of America, the organization said late Saturday. The Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” filmmaker said in a statement that it is, “one of the greatest honors of my career.”
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After two big weekends, the North American box office takes a hit
Sep 21, 2025 1:48 pm - Neither a Jordan Peele-produced horror nor a Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell romantic drama were enough to continue the September hot streak at the movies. Overall ticket sales were down nearly 50% from last weekend, with the holdover champion “Demon Slayer” edging out the newcomer “Him” for first place.
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Marcus Theatres hosts Gabby’s Big Screen Bash at three local cinemasSep 18, 2025 10:29 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 27, Marcus Elgin Cinema, Marcus Addison Cinema, and Marcus Gurnee Mills Cinema will all roll out the pink carpet for Gabby’s Big Screen Bash, a one-day celebration of “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.”
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Cillian Murphy excels as a beleaguered headmaster in ‘Steve’
Sep 18, 2025 4:16 pm - “Steve” is a nervous breakdown disguised as a movie, and while it’s almost exactly the opposite of enjoyable, it continues the impressive collaboration of star Cillian Murphy and Belgian director Tim Mielants.
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‘Him’ fumbles a potent premise
Sep 18, 2025 12:12 pm - “Him” was made with the potent premise of bringing a kind of dark, satirical perspective to our violent national pastime: pro football. But that promise gets fumbled in an allegorical chamber play that grows increasingly tedious.
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‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ is big, bold and sappy
Sep 18, 2025 10:22 am - Starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, the rom-com “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” is a movie that sometimes cuts to the core of human feeling and sometimes has an audience cringing at its achingly whimsical pretensions.
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Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor collect folk songs in tender ‘The History of Sound’
Sep 17, 2025 2:41 pm - “The History of Sound,” starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, is a lyrical meditation on fleeting first love and the questions that can follow and haunt for a lifetime.
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11 of Robert Redford’s most memorable performances and where to watch them
Sep 16, 2025 1:18 pm - When you’re a larger-than-life, generation-spanning star like Robert Redford, the hard truth is that every movie is notable in some way. He was iconic in his own time, whether in front of the camera, or behind it. Here are 11 notable performances.